We found out how my daughter passed her algebra class!!!!

My daughter has had a lot of trouble passing her algebra class at her university. She just CANNOT do algebra. She failed last sememster, then worked her butt-off this semester. Lots of stress, worry from my DH about paying for another failed class, etc. She pulled it off by the skin of her teeth. YAY! BUT. Here is where we were stupid. Our next-door neighbor who is a very good neighbor and a really nice person (as is her husband), brought us xmas cookies (yum!) and told me that she was so happy my daughter had passed because she and her husband had PRAYED for her to pass!!! WOW! We thought it was my daughters spending a whole semester spending hours in the math-lab getting tutored, staying up all night studying, etc. and here ALL she had to do was ask our neighbors to pray for her to pass!

(sorry I sound so mean, but really? That's like Tim Tebow (sp?) thinking jesus makes him win football games when there are kids dying in horrible pain in the world. BTW SNL had an Excellent skit of jesus and Tim Tebow in the locker-room after a game. Hilarious. Look it up on YouTube!)

God moves in mysterious ways. Perhaps He made the tutors who helped her good at math. Perhaps He inspired the inventors of Red Bull and/or Frappucino to help her stay up to study. You don't know! PROVE THAT HE DIDN'T! ! !

Indeed, it had nothing to do with how hard your daughter worked. It was the Power of Prayer.

Following that train of logic,wWhy bother going to school at all? Just pray for a degree and God will provide. Better yet, just pray for a million bucks and you won't have to worry about working for a living.

I've had trouble doing math all my life, and I'm decently intelligent, like I'm sure your daughter also is. When I was in college, I learned that I am dyslexic. She might see if she has the same condition. Or, you could start praying for her ;-)

Why do they pray? A sick, co-dependent, master-slave, sado-masochistic relation. He needs the fawning, grovelling, and boot licking to satisfy his his undeserved arrogance and over-inflated ego. They need the beatings, degradation and humiliation to please the one in control, since they're too chicken shit to acknowledge control over their own lives.

One minor problem. They're licking the boots of death born out of fear, and there's no one wearing any boots.

If there is a next math or science class, have her utilize a tutoring service if she is experiencing difficulties. I don't recommend math-lab for tutoring. The students running the lab are generally not the best at that sort of thing. For those that are top rate in the math-lab, their time and attention will be too divided. "Just my thoughts from an ex-academic" Congratulations to your daughter! It is good to prevail over any obstacle.